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Universidad del TuraboCombining academic excellence wit<strong>hc</strong>ommunity engagementDennis R. Alicea, Ph.D., Chancellor62
Universidad del Turabo (UT) combines a traditionof academic excellence with communitybasedprograms of intense engagement. UT’smission is to advance learning through excellence inteaching and to promote research, innovation andinternationalization in its programs.Nestled in the green mountains of Gurabo, UTprojects an image of culture and humanistic studies aswell as science and technology. The Josefina CamachoNuez Museum and Center of Humanistic Studies, thenew Puerto Rico Energy Center and the <strong>José</strong> DomingoPérez School of Engineering are examples of theinstitution’s accomplishments.In 2009-2010, UT graduated 2,216 students,and conferred 881 master’s degrees and 36 Ph.D’s.Doctoral degrees are offered in education, businessand entrepreneurship, psychology and environmentalsciences.This year the Commission on Accreditation forDietetics Education (CADE) renewed the university’saccreditation for a bachelor’s in nutrition; and theCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)renewed the bachelor’s and master’s degree programsin nursing. UT also holds specialized accreditationsby the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET), National League Of NursingAccrediting Commission (NLNAC) and Council onAcademic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA-ASHA).The university strives to increase the number offulltime faculty members with Ph.D’s and raised itspercentage of Ph.D’s to 51 percent in 2009-2010 from49 percent in the prior year.The Puerto Rico Energy Center (PREC) – aresearch, technology development and teachingfacility dedicated to alternative energy sources —wasinaugurated at the Gurabo campus this year. PREC is thebrainchild of the university and the regional economicdevelopment organization INTECO, (Spanish acronymfor the Eastern- Central Technological Initiative). Asa new millennium unfolded, AGMUS initiated theestablishment of regional groupings of industry,government and academia as a model of economicdevelopment for Puerto Rico. Inteco, the first of theinnovative multi-sector initiatives designed to movethe island’s economy forward, includes the mayors ofeight municipalities of the east central region on theboard.The UT university center at Barceloneta is in theprocess of obtaining approval for bachelor’s andmaster’s degrees in project management and abachelor’s in materials management and control aswell as logistics and manufacturing administration.This year, UT developed new technical certificates inindustrial welding and electrical and renewable energytechnology.63
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